skinem wrote:Well, since life as you knew it has been irrevocably altered due to the untimeliness of an answer, I'll give you an answer--

Yes.

Obviously just a guess as I've never heard of the child's game you mentioned. Would you tell about it?

"Since life as......untimeliness of an answer"
....Well, unlike the olden days with this site, that seems to be true now, but it is not incumbent on you to have to be the one to always step to the plate; it is supposed to be a cooperative venture, sort of like socialism. But I thank you for responding.

How can I put it? I think of "handy-dandy" as more mockingly formal, and "handy little" as more informally facetious.

It's a matter of "Let me pull out my handy-dandy Swiss Army Knife" (with all 300 blades and tools on it, including the chain saw), versus "Let me pull out my handy little pocket knife" (with only three blades on it). Either way, neither one will make it through Airport Security.

Regards//Larry

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." -- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee